Coin-controlled mechanism.



Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

VENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESSES COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0..WASH|NOTON. D. c.

' portion of this casing 7 may be provided with a coin receiving slot 12 which delivers v nection between said parts becomes released, and I will now describe in detail the mech;

lock 10 of any desired character. "The upper the coin directly into the slot 39 of the; coin operated devices. The operating lever 13 for actuating the coin operated mechanism or devices extends upwardly through a slot 14 in the casing 7 so as to be in position to be manually operated. In. the normal operation, the coin is deposited in the coin slotv 12 and enters the coin receiving aperturfe 39?of the mechanism 8; and by its presence enables the manually operated arm or lever l3 to be connected with and'operate the shaft 5'to impart to it a'predetermined givennumberof oscillations before the conani s'm for accomplishing these results.

Thefparts 15, 16 and 17 provide, a cylin end. ,with a.hub 21 having a tooth 22, said hub' and tooth arranged withinthe apertured'portion 23 of the coinreceivingpart 20 and adapted to contact in succession with the teeth24 thereof. .By reference .to-Fig. 7, it will be observed that the axis ofthe shaft 5 is eccentric in r-esp'ectto the bearing 19,fand asthe bearing 19 receives and centralizesthe coin receiving part 20 it will be: manifest thatas the said part 20 is rotated while supported by said bearing 19, the inwardly directed teeth 24 of said part will successively contact with the tooth 22 .t0 rock th'e' sha ft 5, and owing to theQeccentriQity as to arrangement of said shaft, will release I the tooth 22 and its shaft after a giyen rotatiofnghas been made, the spring 6 returningithe shaft to its normal position. It. will be understood that if this coin operated part 20 were continually rotated, there would be a repetition of the oscillating movements given to the shaft 5 and the discharging or delivery :blade 4. The perimeter of the apertured part 23 is notched as at 25 so as to cause the outer portion to constitute sub stantially a ratchet wheel. These notches are engaged by a gravity actuated detent 26 in the part 15 of the case so as to. prevent a backward rotation of said part-20. Any

othersuitable manner of preventing back roe tation may be employed in lieu of that shown. ;.Ihe coin recei ingpart 2O is also provided .at its other outer portion-28with a cylindrical socket 27 which .fits over the journal bearing 18 of the casing part 17 ,and r is thereby held in proper positiontranse sely-i fihe a s ort axia The outer portion 28 acent to this socket 27 is-also provided with notches 29 similar only .two'ofthese notches and these provide in effect two ratchet teeth, Between the apertured puree and the socket portion 28,

there is a transverse :slotted passageway 30 through which the coin passes, and this pasinterposed between the parts 23 and 28. It

is also to be understood that'the perimeters 32 of these blocks are preferably portions of .to they notches 25, but in this case there are V sageway is formed-by the spacing blocks 31 the, sagne-circle, and the forward ends thereof 33 may; act as ratchet teeth for engaging the ,-paw-l 34lpiyoted at 35 to the stationary part; l,5 of the casing, as will be clearlyv ungagement of the pawl 34'prevents a forward rotation of the .coin receiying part 20, except when the said pawl is lifted out of engage- ,derstoodby reference to Fig.3. Thisfenment by the coin. The width ofthe 'passageway -30 between the two spacing blocks 31 isslightly ineXcess of the diameter of a tence'nt-piece but not quite equal to the di. ameter; of- .a cent, the-latter being indicated in dotted linesat 36 in Fig. 3. The blocks 31 areralso slightly beveled at their ends to form atapered sock-et for receiving and seatingthe coin as Will b e understood.

In dditionto the parts which have thus been described there is the manually operated part more fully indicated in Fig. 8 Whichshown within the casing; the-latter being-in sectione This manually ol lfi atetl,

part eonsists of an annular frame 37 which proyidegl-,-with ginupwardly extending lever or knob 13 bywhichit is rocked and a lug or tooth 40 projecting,laterally-from its upper portion. The manually operated part 37 is furtherproyided with a spring actuateddetent 41 which isradially -movable under thea ctionof'a spring 42 and is adapted to engage the ratchet teeth-formed bythe notches; the part 28, andbvjmeans of s which the coin receiving portion is caused to be intermittently rotated. A spring 43 is coiled about the stud. or bearing-.18 1 having j one end attachedl thereto and the other end ,connectedwith the annular manually operated :parts37 soi as to normally move it into the. initial-position indicated and always to return .the said part to this position wheneverreleased, Q

The constructions shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are intended to illustrate the dismantled parts illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The part 20 illustrated in I Fig. 6 is dropped into the part-15 seas Ito be j ournaled in the bearing 19 and to-extend over the parts5, 21 and 2.2.;

The structure shown-inf? ig. 8 is then placed over thepart,20,when so assembled with; the

other parts; andin doing-this the structure shown in Fig. 8 is invertedso that thepart hs eiipqsed etheeve-1 turned-unden- V is notched at the bottom as at 38, and is also and overthe part 20 when assembled, which will all be understood by reference to Fig. 4.

The part 20 will be properly journaled in the bearing 19 and on the bearingportion- 18 so that it is capable of proper operation during its intermi-ttentrotation. Itis to be understood that this invention is in no wlse limited to theuse of theoscil'lating discharging blade 4, as the shaft 5 may be employed to operate any other suitablemeans of delivery for the article being vended, said part 4 being only shown by way of example.

It will now be understood that the part 37 may be -manually oscillated and that the part 20 is operated thereby under certain coin controlled conditions, and moreover ed entering part strikes upon the end of the pawl 34 and lifts it out of engagement with the tooth end 33 of the part 20, thereby releasing this part so that it may be rotated. The manually operated handle 13 is then pulled and the lateral lug 40-thereofcontactswith the coin 36 and pushes it downward and through'it moves the coin operated part 20 through; an arc equal to 90. In doing'this, the upper tooth 24 of the portion 23 strikes upon the tooth 22 of the hub 21 and thereby gives the shaft 5 a partial rotation. This rocks the blade 4 to'discharge the article. As before pointed out, the eccentric position of the axis of the shaft 1 5 in respect to the bearing 19 in which the coin controlled part 20 rotates causes the tooth 24 to release the tooth 22 just before a quarter of a revolution is made by the part 20. This allows the spring 6 to return the blade 4 to its original position. The lever or manually operated part 13 is then allowed to swing back again under the action of the spring 43 to its initial position. Durinlgthe time that this is swinging backward, the detent 26 dropping into the notch'25 of the part 23 holds it against backward motion. When the lever 13 has returned to its original position, the detent 41 thereof snaps into the recess 29 of the portion 28 of the coin operated part 20,

and when the lever 13 is again pulled forward, this detent 41 rotates the coin controlled part 20 and gives it a second rotary vmovement of 90, and by means of the next tooth 24 causes the tooth 22 to operate the blade 4 to make a second delivery of the toweling or other article. During this second movement, the same releasing of the tooth-"22 and the'shaft 5 takes place so that the'bl-ade returns to its original position and the coin 36 is permitted to drop through the slot 11 in casing part 16' into the compartment-7. When this operation has taken'place there will have been two deliveries from the cabinet 2 and no further reciprocations of the-lever 13 will have any effect upon the blade 4, unless there is another coin placed in position within the part 20. v

From this construction and operation it will be seen that the first actuation of the delivering mechanism is performed by causing the manually opera-ted part to transmit motion through the coin, and the subsequent operation of the manually operated part transmits motion directly to the coin controlled mechanism, andas far as I am aware this featureof the invention is broadly new.

Should a ten-cent piece be inserted in the slot 12, "it will pass through the part 20 and be returned to the person through the return conduit 41, this being permitted by reason of the fact that the distance between the spacing blocks 31 is slightly greater,

than the diameter of a ten cent piece and less" than the diameter of a cent, as before pointed out, and hence there is no means of supporting a ten cent piece in operative position within the mechanism. The slot 12 is supposed to be of a size which would not take in a five cent piece, so that there would not be much opportunity to operate the box with anything but a cent. course, I do not in any manner limit myself in this proportion, because this mechanism may be adapted to be operated by anycoin to suit the value of the article, it merely being necessary to provide the proper shape of the coin receiving portions of the device.

It will also be manifest that while I have designed the coin controlled device for the purpose of delivering two articles in succession for the deposition of a single coin, it is evident that by properly proportioning the parts and, increasing the numberof the teeth 24 and notches 25 and 29, three or more articles may be discharged with each deposition of a coin, and hence I do not restrict myself to any particular number -when I use the word plurality of articles.

. Heinsnm de bed.myain e i naw t Qlai as new' and desireto. secure by Letters-Batenuis I it. a coin (controlled mechanism,- the. combinatlon of; a movable part to be oper ated: an intermittent rotary. reeiprot eating motiqn mechanismj independent of butl for lntermlttently operating the said movable part in one direction and adapted totcmporarily, receive and hold a coin, a

manually operated part adapted to engage the coin and throughitimpart preliminary movement to said mechanism-1n one directiOn, automatic means between the manually operated part and said mechanism for pro-, yldmg a connectlng engagement for-producing asecondary movement tos'aid mechanism also-in the same direction, whereby.

successive -movements of the manually op;

erated part ,causethe movable part to bereciprocated in a ;.forward direction first through. the. application of thepower to the. coin and then by direct application of the power to the mechanism independently of the coin,.;anddevices: tor normally returning-the movable part to be operatedtoits initial normal position after each oii said forward movements by the operation of the.

manually operatedpartl, j

are a coin controlled. mechanism,

'combinationot a movable part to be operatede-mechanism for intermittently. operating the said movable part and ad.apted. to

temporarily receive and hold a coin, a manually operated part adapted to engage the coin and through it impart a movement to said mechanism, automatic means between the manually operated part and saidmecha}.

nism for providing a: connecting engagement for producing a secondary movement to the said mechanism, andmeans for providing intermittent engagement and release between themechanism and the partto be operated, whereby successive movements of the manually operated part causethe mov able part to be operated'.first through application of the power to the coin and agam' operated by direct application of the power to the mechanism independently of the coin.

3. In a coin controlled mechanism, the vcombination of a. movable part to be operated, mechanism for intermittently operating the s'aid'movable part and adapted to temporarilyreceive andhold a com, devlces to lock the mechanism agalnst rotatlon 1n ,a forward. direction said devices being thrownv out of operation by the deposition of a coin, a'manually operated part adapted to engage the coin and through it impart a Co ies of this patent may be obtained for oveme tzt e dmech n sm, andiau qmatie mea lfiibetween themanually operated part and said mechanism for pro viding a .con-

necting engagement for.;producing a secdarypmoy me to he sai m ha i m, whereby; suecesslve movements of theman -v llally operated; part causethemovable part; to .be eperated; firstthrough application; of;

he. pqweritothe c d. aga n opera d by eq pp iea on of h owe t the lee ism. n pend n y; f t coin-- 4. In; j a ,coin controlled mechanismp .the'

combin tion f. a. movabl p r to b Qp -i atedj, mechanism for intermittently operat s. the... 1.d.-m a 1e p t a p ed to mporar ly e ei e-andh ld ace ni es t0 ode-the. mecha m aga t o e i111 a forwardf direction said devices;.being tllIjOWIh-Qllt; of operation by the deposition of a .eo nwgm n wpr ve t b c r movementof the sand mechanlsm amam ually operated parta dap ted to engage the coin and through it impart; a movement to said mechanism, and automatic means be.- tween .the manually-operated part and said mechanism for} providing; a connecting engagement for producing a secondary movement to the said mechanism, whereby sue-- cessive movements ofvthe manually operated part cause the movable part to be .010- erated first through applicatlon of the power to ..the.-,coi-n: andz'again operated by direct.

the mechanism application of the power to independently of the coin.

5..In a coin controlled combination of a movable part-to be opergated, mechanism for intermittently operating the saidmQyable part and adapted to temporarily receive and hold acoin, means ,to prevent backward rotation of the mechanism,.- coin controlledmeans for normally preventmg forward rotation of the mechamechanism, the

nism but arranged to release the mechanism 7 upon deposition of a coin, a manually operated part. adapted to engage the coin and through it impart a movement to said mech anism', spring devices for returning theman unto set my hand.

q P. D. PARSONS. Witnesses: V R. M. ,HUNTER,

FLORENCE DEAGON].

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